1 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:04,480 Hey, welcome to the City Point Church podcast. 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:07,280 Thanks for joining us. Every day is an opportunity to 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:10,280 take hold of. So we hope this message inspires 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,560 you and build your faith, but it helps you have more of the God 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:15,880 perspective for your day. Enjoy. 6 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:19,840 So you've got that movie, Jerry Maguire. 7 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:23,600 You complete me and she's like, you had me at hello. 8 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,280 So these human relationships, there's an expectation in the 9 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:32,080 world that when we find that person, that one person, oh, 10 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,760 that you will complete me. It's actually a really hefty 11 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:39,400 responsibility. It's like when when I'm empty, 12 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:43,440 it's your job to fill me. When I'm sad, it's your job to 13 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:46,240 make me happy. And when I'm angry, it's your 14 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:50,640 job to calm me down. It's a hefty responsibility to 15 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:55,320 put on anyone human being and it's actually an impossible one 16 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:00,480 because we just read in the Bible, God's word, the breath of 17 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:04,200 God, Jesus speaking himself. Guys, the only way you're going 18 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,440 to find completeness in life, the only way you're going to 19 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:12,240 find fulfilment is actually in your union with me. 20 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:18,040 And that word union together with in, in relationship with 21 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:22,520 not hearing about, but in relationship with, in union with 22 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:24,080 me. That's where we find 23 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:27,200 completeness. We are talking relationships 24 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:31,200 this month that got the theme, you and me and chat GTP. 25 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:41,120 I don't know why we'd have a relationship with chat GTP GPT. 26 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:45,000 See, I don't know. My husband's a grok man. 27 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:48,240 Yeah. Yeah. 28 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:53,400 You know, if you know, you know, this morning I actually want to 29 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:57,520 talk on the topic of a sift. Now, This is why I have a 30 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:01,360 spaghetti strainer here, Becca. In my household, this actually 31 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,880 double s as a sift, which is what you put flour into for 32 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,000 baking. It works well in my house. 33 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,880 If you know me, I don't like stuff. 34 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:10,800 I don't like things. So now I don't have to have a 35 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,360 sifter and a spaghetti strainer. It does both, and I save more 36 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,080 space in my kitchen. It makes for a happier me. 37 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:19,880 But you don't need to hear about my kitchen practices. 38 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,040 What we're here to talk about is the sift. 39 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:24,440 Do you all who bakes here show me. 40 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,920 Yeah. Do you sift your flour when you 41 00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:29,040 bake it? And doesn't it make for a much 42 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,200 smoother experience when that flour is sifted through? 43 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:36,080 If you're not a Baker, hold up. I'm going to help you out and 44 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,640 let you know what sifting does. Sifting. 45 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:44,760 It breaks up those clumps when you've got flour in there and 46 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:48,680 they're all stuck together. Stuck it helps because it breaks 47 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:53,120 up the clumps. It adds air breath. 48 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,200 Who needs Holy Spirit breath in their relationships. 49 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,160 Thank you Jesus, stay open this morning. 50 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:05,360 It removes impurities other another way of looking back 51 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:07,400 things that just don't belong there. 52 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:11,520 So it highlights things when we sift, you go, oh, that doesn't 53 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,600 belong in there. And we can pull those impurities 54 00:03:14,640 --> 00:03:18,240 out. And it also improves the mixing, 55 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:20,680 which makes for a much smoother experience. 56 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:24,160 So we as a church are going to go for a bit of a sift this 57 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,000 morning. I know you ready. 58 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,000 We're going to hold on. We're going to sift ourselves 59 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:35,760 through God's Word, sift ourselves, sift our relationship 60 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:39,360 with him, and sift our relationship with others through 61 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:43,120 what God's Word has to say. So we ready? 62 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:49,600 OK, we're going to start in Psalm 6310. 63 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:55,280 God, you are my God. I earnestly search for you. 64 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:00,480 My soul thirsts for you, my whole body. 65 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,520 I want to ask a question this morning as we take a bit of a 66 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:09,880 sift. Does passion and desire feature 67 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:16,880 in your relationship with Jesus? As you read this Bible verse in 68 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:21,360 Psalms, God's Word, does this exist, this kind of passion? 69 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:25,160 Do you know what it is to earnestly seek God? 70 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,400 Do you have the kind of passion where you can falter your knees, 71 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,920 not just on a Sunday, but on a Monday? 72 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:37,880 On a Tuesday, does passion overtake you where you remember 73 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:42,000 that there's two people in the room, not just this outpouring 74 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,120 of God and, and what you need and, and you're constantly 75 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:48,640 talking and, and, and communicating, but communication 76 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:54,480 has two people in the room. Even in worship this morning and 77 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:58,400 and in that lead moment, I had this vision of God where we're 78 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,840 pouring out our hearts. My hand was on my heart. 79 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:06,080 I'm like Lord, but I just saw God's hand on his receiving. 80 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:08,600 There's two people in a relationship. 81 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,200 Does passion feature in your relationship with Jesus? 82 00:05:12,280 --> 00:05:16,240 What does it look like? I'm talking to new Christians in 83 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,760 the room. I'm talking to old Christians in 84 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:21,120 the room. Does passion feature in your 85 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,360 relationship with Jesus? Does it still? 86 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,320 And if it doesn't, what's present? 87 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:33,400 Would you search yourself for a moment and allow the sift to 88 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,080 take place? What's present when you come 89 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:40,240 before God? Because God's a person. 90 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:45,920 Holy Spirit's a person. He's not an idol, a dead idol 91 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:50,160 that we come and bow down to. No, he's a person who he is. 92 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:54,000 He's a person who responds. He's a person that wants to 93 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,720 unite. He's a person who can be 94 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:04,280 offended and delighted. Holy Spirit is a person and so I 95 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:10,000 want to do this sift this morning and I What is your 96 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,840 relationship like? Building a relationship with Him 97 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:17,040 is not that different to building 1 with any other human. 98 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:23,840 It's time spent with Him. It's curiosity, exploring. 99 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:29,720 It's actually to be vulnerable, which means that you want to 100 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:37,240 remove the masks, to be open and honest, to be seen and to see. 101 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:41,920 And this is possible. I love this scripture because it 102 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:43,880 shows us what's possible in Jesus. 103 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:47,880 In Hebrews 10/19 it reads. And so, dear brothers and 104 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:52,680 sisters, we can boldly enter heaven's most holy place because 105 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:56,280 of the blood of Jesus. By his death, Jesus opened up a 106 00:06:56,280 --> 00:07:01,000 new and life giving way, a new and life giving way through the 107 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,560 curtain into the most holy place. 108 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:09,680 So in the Old Testament, the the Holy of Holies was only ever 109 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:13,680 accessed once a year. It was a bit like Christmas. 110 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,400 Once a year, one person, which was the high priest got to go 111 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,520 into the presence of God and, and you know, it was like 112 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:23,160 Christmas that you're counting down, you know, or 4 weeks, 3 113 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:24,960 days and two days. I'm sorry, two days. 114 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,920 So we go to Yom Kippur. Unless you like Pastor Mel. 115 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:29,960 And you'd be counting in what, February. 116 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:32,080 Yeah. When? 117 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,120 I'm just curious, when is the earliest that you have ever 118 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:40,640 looked for Christmas presents? Maybe July. 119 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,120 No earlier. January. 120 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:44,280 There you go. January. 121 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:46,880 She looks forward to Christmas in January. 122 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:49,040 No one loves Christmas more than Pastor Mel. 123 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,640 But Yom Kippur was like this in the Old Testament. 124 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:56,520 There was this excitement, this buzz, irreverent fear even of 125 00:07:56,520 --> 00:08:00,720 coming into the Holy of Holies. Only one person got to go, but 126 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,080 there was a buzz and an excitement around it. 127 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:09,120 Did you know that we are now able to access the Holy of 128 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:13,000 Holies whenever we want to because of what Jesus did? 129 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,920 And he tore that curtain wide open and went, No, you can come 130 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:19,640 into my presence whenever you want to. 131 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:26,480 But church, do we want to? Do you want to? 132 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:32,480 A lot of our relationship with God can be centred around should 133 00:08:33,799 --> 00:08:40,200 I should want to, I should pray, I should be in your presence. 134 00:08:41,799 --> 00:08:46,040 But do we want to? Do we want to come boldly? 135 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:55,160 Has access reduced desire? Has access reduced reverence for 136 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:59,960 this, this moment of raw, unfiltered adoration before God? 137 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:02,520 It's a bit like at the dinner table. 138 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:06,800 You know when when you're your kids, they sit down and, and 139 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,480 you've spent hours preparing this meal for them. 140 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:11,720 You've gone shopping, you've prepared the food, you've 141 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,120 probably done the dishes before you've even served it. 142 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,040 And they sit down to eat this dinner. 143 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:20,040 And then you're faced with, and then dad will come in and say 144 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,120 something like eat it and be grateful for it. 145 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:23,240 And they're like, thank you, Mom. 146 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,640 You're like, yeah, great. It's awesome thanking you 147 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:29,520 because you have to. And then you'll have a child 148 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:31,400 come in who's maybe a little bit older. 149 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:35,440 And then you hear this. Oh Mom, you're the best. 150 00:09:35,560 --> 00:09:37,760 I love this meal. And they'll come and they'll hug 151 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,200 you and they'll think you, oh, it smells amazing, can I get 152 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,120 into it now? And they sit and they inhale it 153 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:46,120 in one mouthful. And you're like, oh, you go and 154 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:49,600 try and pick up your heart off the floor 'cause it's melted in 155 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:52,360 this moment. And then you might be like, you 156 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:55,120 can have anything you want up to half my Kingdom. 157 00:09:55,120 --> 00:10:01,440 There's this, this response, but there's this unfiltered, raw 158 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:06,240 gratitude and adoration. Does God ever get that from us? 159 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:16,840 Does he ever get that from us? Raw, unfiltered, real, honest 160 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:20,240 adoration. He deserves it. 161 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:23,440 But just allow yourself to be sifted and go. 162 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:27,280 If this desire doesn't actually exist, why not? 163 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,480 What does exist? What's present when you come 164 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:35,640 before God? There are some blockers to 165 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:40,400 intimacy in relationship. I'm going to just speak about 166 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:43,360 one in our relationship with God. 167 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:51,760 It's actually sin. Sin blocks us from being 168 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:54,560 intimate with God. God's like this hopeless 169 00:10:54,680 --> 00:10:57,960 romantic that he wants to be close to you. 170 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:00,680 He doesn't actually want to judge you. 171 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,560 He didn't come and die on the cross because he wants to give 172 00:11:04,560 --> 00:11:07,160 out judgement. He came and he died on the cross 173 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:10,000 because he wants to cover you, because he wants to be in 174 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,120 relationship. He is a hopeless romantic. 175 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,720 If you don't believe me, go and read Hosea. 176 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:20,240 He is desperate for you. He's not about religion, he's 177 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:23,880 actually about the relationship. I want to be close to you. 178 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:28,280 That's what he wants. And then sin can get in the way. 179 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:35,160 I often think sometimes like God is so wants to lavish love on 180 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:38,840 us. He's so desperate to lavish love 181 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:44,600 on us and, and as he as he pours out his love and as he as he as 182 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:49,960 he sends his son, I think he actually knew the whole world 183 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:51,840 right at the beginning, what was going to happen. 184 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:57,280 He knew all of the horror. He knew all of the cruelty that 185 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:59,920 was going to exist through every generation. 186 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:04,160 He saw it all. He knew it all and he went, I 187 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:07,920 love relationships so much it's actually worth it to me. 188 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:12,720 How much more than does it mean when we have this moment of 189 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:15,440 roar, unfiltered adoration to God? 190 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:18,000 Could you think it through for a moment? 191 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:22,880 He saw all of it and he went, I I'm going to choose to do this 192 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:27,360 anyway because when you love me, when you show this gratitude, 193 00:12:27,560 --> 00:12:31,520 when you connect with me real, it's all worth it to me. 194 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:35,160 That's crazy. That's that's a hopeless 195 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:39,600 romantic right there. But sin does get in the way. 196 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:45,760 Sin doing the wrong thing actually gets in the way of 197 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,560 every relationship. Am I right? 198 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:52,520 When someone's done the wrong thing by you, instantly there's 199 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:56,000 a block, but it's the same with God. 200 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,480 And so when sin comes in, just give me a second. 201 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:07,520 When sin comes in, we've we've got to first of all own it. 202 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:11,920 And then there's got to be this repentance and then this 203 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:17,240 receiving of forgiveness. James 4 actually says that God 204 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:20,080 is passionate. It uses those words, God is 205 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:23,080 passionate and that the Spirit that He's placed within us 206 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:27,360 should be faithful to him. It goes on to say come close to 207 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:29,760 God and then he will come close to you. 208 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,560 Can you hear his? I just want to be close to you. 209 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:36,320 But then it goes on to say, can you please wash your hands, 210 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:41,440 Sinner, purify your hearts. For your loyalty is divided. 211 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:46,680 Your loyalty is divided between God and the world doing the 212 00:13:46,680 --> 00:13:49,480 wrong thing. It blocks intimacy. 213 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:53,160 It blocks it in our human relationships, and it definitely 214 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:56,880 blocks it with God. And so when we do the wrong 215 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:00,160 thing, there's got to be ownership on our behalf. 216 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:05,640 OK, I've got a story here. My, my beautiful son Jamie, 217 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:07,360 who's on lights at the back there. 218 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:16,600 Yes, we all know Jamie. He came to me as a little preppy 219 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:19,280 5 years old. He was the cutest little preppy 220 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:23,160 and he comes home and he's all frustrated and kicking things 221 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:28,200 like mom this girl she got me in trouble today. 222 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:32,520 Like wow this is a story I want to I want to hear about this 223 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:34,120 one. So annoying. 224 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,880 I was actually only trying to help her and went OK, I said 225 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:39,720 what happened? He goes, well, I was just trying 226 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:43,280 to comfort her. I went, OK, tell me the story. 227 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:47,080 He goes, well, I kind of really liked his prep. 228 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:51,080 He's five years old. And so in his mind, he thought 229 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:54,800 that the best way to get close to this girl was to be able to 230 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:58,000 go and comfort her. Thing is, is that she didn't 231 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:01,440 really need comforting. And so he's an opportunist. 232 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:07,280 So he saw opportunity. If I create opportunity here for 233 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,520 her to need to be comforted, I can be that person to come on 234 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:13,200 in. And so he threw a pineapple at 235 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:22,890 her. We had a little conversation on 236 00:15:22,890 --> 00:15:29,170 ownership. He could have own your sin. 237 00:15:31,610 --> 00:15:33,330 Own when you've done the wrong thing. 238 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:39,920 It's our job to own when we've done the wrong thing in human 239 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:42,160 relationships indefinitely with God. 240 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,760 Just confess it. Just get it out. 241 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:49,200 It's our job to humble ourselves, you know. 242 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:52,200 It's not God's job to humble us. That's actually our job to 243 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:55,080 humble ourselves. Say sorry. 244 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:03,320 Say sorry, ladies. Is sorry a normal part of your 245 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:07,240 relationships? Emotionally healthy 246 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:09,480 relationships? Say sorry. 247 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:14,040 Get it out in the open. Let confession come and 248 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:16,240 forgiveness come. Say sorry. 249 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:19,720 No, repentance actually attracts grace. 250 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:26,040 Repentance attracts grace. You know God doesn't. 251 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:30,560 He doesn't want to judge you. He wants to forgive you. 252 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:33,880 He's here. You got to hold him back. 253 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:35,920 He's just waiting for that confession. 254 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:39,520 He wants to show you grace. He wants to extend mercy. 255 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:45,080 He wants to forgive you. But it's our job to confess 256 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:51,280 where we've done wrong and own it in the natural, in our human 257 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:55,400 relationships. An unrepentant heart. 258 00:16:56,520 --> 00:17:01,120 It creates distance when someone's done the wrong thing 259 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:05,520 by you and they're not sorry. Instant distance, right? 260 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:08,640 Why can't they just say they're sorry? 261 00:17:08,839 --> 00:17:11,119 Instant distance when we just don't own it. 262 00:17:12,839 --> 00:17:18,160 It also creates blindness. Can't see anybody else's 263 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:23,440 perspective, only yours. And it also creates judgement. 264 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:27,599 When you don't own it, others are going to judge you. 265 00:17:27,599 --> 00:17:29,640 They just do. It's actually just the way that 266 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,640 it is. And it's the same with God. 267 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:37,560 He doesn't want to judge, but when there's unrepentants there, 268 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:41,000 that's the next inevitable inevitability. 269 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,400 Someone please. You know what I mean. 270 00:17:49,360 --> 00:17:53,960 An unrepentant heart is going to create distance between you and 271 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:57,600 God. It also creates spiritual 272 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:00,960 blindness for you're only going to be able to see things from 273 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,920 your perspective instead of a God perspective. 274 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:10,200 Intimacy requires confession and forgiveness and he's so good for 275 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:12,160 the forgiveness. He wants to forgive you. 276 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,040 Let's take another sift here. We ready. 277 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:24,240 OK Hebrews 6-7 to 9. It says for the Lord disciplines 278 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:29,040 those He loves, and he punishes each person he accepts as His 279 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:32,320 child. As you endure His divine 280 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:36,680 discipline, remember that God is treating you as His own 281 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:40,080 children. Whoever heard of a child who was 282 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:45,520 never disciplined by its father? If God doesn't discipline you as 283 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:49,120 He does all His children, it means that you are illegitimate 284 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:51,840 and not really His children at all. 285 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:58,520 Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, 286 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:03,160 shouldn't we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of 287 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:08,640 our spirits and live forever? How's your sift going now? 288 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:12,720 Oh, it might be good for some people. 289 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:14,960 I'm just going to call it and go. 290 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:19,720 We may have found a few clunks because there would be people in 291 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:24,720 this room who heard that, and that's not sitting so well with 292 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:29,960 you, am I right? There would be people in this 293 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,040 room that have a real problem with hearing that. 294 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:40,800 It might make you squirm in your seats because God's Word says 295 00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:45,600 natural fathers should be respected because they've 296 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:51,040 disciplined so well. But over here we're like that, 297 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:55,240 that, that is not my experience. So is God's word wrong? 298 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:58,720 I'm not trying to be insensitive. 299 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:00,920 I'm trying to show you something. 300 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,640 I know for some people in this room, this, this passage in the 301 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:08,880 Bible, it's, it comes with a sting. 302 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:14,960 I'm actually going to ask to allow it to sting a little bit 303 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,480 as we just sift this through God's Word. 304 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:22,400 Because when we read something in God's Word, which is truth, 305 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:27,960 which is wholeness, which is life, which is healing, which is 306 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:33,200 hope, which is perfect. And when we read something and 307 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:36,920 we take it through the sift and we go, oh, I don't like that. 308 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:39,800 This isn't sitting so right with me. 309 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:43,160 This is showing fractures and breaks. 310 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:46,320 It's not God's Word that's broken. 311 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,200 It's not God's word that's broken. 312 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:55,280 Those fractures and the brokenness it, it's usually in 313 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:59,840 US. And so when we do the sift, it 314 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:06,320 highlights these fractures, sifting our relationships with 315 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,760 our parents and then with our children through God's Word. 316 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:14,520 It's going to highlight fractures, small ones and big 317 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:21,040 ones, areas that require a bit of attention, understanding or 318 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,360 repair. It's not your fault. 319 00:21:26,360 --> 00:21:29,840 It's usually not your fault, but it's there. 320 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:38,160 Our filter is our normal, OK, And we think that our lived 321 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,880 experiences are normal because they're our normal. 322 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:45,920 It's it's what happened. It's just normal, but our normal 323 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:52,120 can be formed through trauma, loss, hurt, abandonment, 324 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:58,480 culture, abuse, pain, or neglect. 325 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:04,560 And so everyone's normal can look a little bit different. 326 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,320 Now, why is this important in relationships? 327 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:12,760 Because how we do relationship with other people comes out of 328 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,960 the framework of our lived experience. 329 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,640 But now we're at an impasse. We've got God's word up here, 330 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:25,360 but we're down here and there's this, this mis, this misfit. 331 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:29,520 It's not, it's not fitting. So God's Word that's perfect is 332 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:31,280 up here. But we're like, but we're so far 333 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,760 from it. God, that was not my experience. 334 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:39,040 If I can even just give you an example, I'm going to just do a 335 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:44,640 silly little example. We might have a man from Burma 336 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:47,640 who's just migrated to Australia, let's call him Han. 337 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:50,720 And then you've got a guy Aussie named Jack. 338 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:54,960 And these two, they, they kick off and they start being friends 339 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:58,360 and, and Jack goes, let's go and play a game of cricket. 340 00:22:58,360 --> 00:23:01,960 Summertime storms rolling in. And Jack's like, here we go. 341 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,320 Come on, Han, we're all going out to play cricket. 342 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:06,440 And the guys head off and go out to play cricket. 343 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:10,560 And Han's over here and going, Oh no, there's, there's a storm 344 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,880 rolling in. I, I don't he, he doesn't want 345 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:15,640 to go. He hasn't verbalized it. 346 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:19,720 But for him, he's just come from Burma and nearly lost his sister 347 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,880 because when a storm came in, it came in so quickly and the 348 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:25,320 rivers, they, they came up so fast. 349 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:28,040 And he, he lost his house and he nearly lost his sister. 350 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:31,440 And he's looking at these guys going out in an open field and 351 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,720 going, it's too open. Someone's going to get shot. 352 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:39,160 He lost a family member only a few weeks ago because they went 353 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,600 out into an open space and someone got shot. 354 00:23:42,360 --> 00:23:46,160 And so Han is now looking at Jack and going, you're 355 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:51,520 insensitive. Han is angry, he's frustrated. 356 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:56,400 Jack is insensitive and he doesn't understand. 357 00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:01,240 This is Han's experience. I think you're reckless and he's 358 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:05,440 sitting here and he won't go and play cricket because he's living 359 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:10,320 in his experience. This can happen at big levels 360 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:14,280 and it can happen at small ones. Now, yes, Jack could definitely 361 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:19,640 be more sensitive to the situation, but Hahn, he's living 362 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:23,960 out of fear. He's living and it's not his 363 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:27,360 fault. He's not to blame for what's 364 00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:31,400 happened, but it is his lived experience. 365 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:36,520 The Bible actually says not to live in fear. 366 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:39,880 He says that we can laugh for fear of the future without fear 367 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,440 of the future, which is what Jack and all his friends are 368 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:43,680 doing. They just want to gain a 369 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,160 cricket. They're like he's overreacting 370 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:52,360 and there's a disconnect. So you've got God's word that 371 00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:55,160 says laugh without fear of the future. 372 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,160 I have given you, I haven't given you a spirit of fear. 373 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:01,960 I've given you a spirit of love and of power and of a sound 374 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:05,760 mind. But Han, he, he, he can't reach 375 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,560 that because he's in, he's in this lived experience. 376 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:18,160 He's he's stuck in this place. Our filter is our normal, and so 377 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,520 we think that our lived experiences are normal, but our 378 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:25,160 normal. It's not necessarily God's way. 379 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,640 Now, this isn't a place of judgement, but a place of 380 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:33,360 understanding. So God's not insensitive when he 381 00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:37,800 says that he wants fathers respected, that he wants godly 382 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,520 discipline. It's actually his way. 383 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:47,840 But there might be a disconnect. And so if you find that as we 384 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:52,240 shift our relationships through God's word and that you've come 385 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,560 up and you're like, actually, there's a few fractures here. 386 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,520 I've got a big clunk of, of flour, I'm stuck. 387 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:03,720 There are three things that you can do #1 you can ignore it. 388 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:08,840 Many people do. You're your own person and you 389 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:10,480 actually get to make that decision. 390 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:13,640 You can live with your fractures and just hope that you don't 391 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:18,960 break, but just understand that they're there and it's not what 392 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,480 God's called you to. He's actually called you to 393 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:27,160 wholeness. He's actually called you to to 394 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,840 heal. He's called you to fullness. 395 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:34,400 He wants you thriving in your relationships with your 396 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:39,720 children. He wants to break the cycle #2 397 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:48,480 you can start the process of alignment, change, 398 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:54,720 transformation. And this is done very gently. 399 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:59,800 The Holy Spirit is gentle and it has to be done in faith. 400 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:04,200 Because when God says that it's possible for your children to 401 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:08,400 respect you as a father, but your lived experience is, oh, no 402 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,040 discipline. I don't have any any good 403 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:18,400 association with that word, but we can start to align and allow 404 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:23,160 him to transform us so that his word now becomes our lived 405 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:27,760 experience. And #3 if you find that you're a 406 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:31,040 bit stuck in this place, if you like, actually this fracture's a 407 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:34,880 bit a bit heavy, this clunk, this one's not coming through. 408 00:27:35,360 --> 00:27:36,360 How? Get some help. 409 00:27:37,360 --> 00:27:40,400 There's no shame in getting any help in these spaces. 410 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:45,720 All of your relationships that you do with your best friend, 411 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:50,240 with your siblings, with your parents, with your own children, 412 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:54,880 they come out of the framework of your lived experiences. 413 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:59,440 It's OK to go and get some help if I can be vulnerable. 414 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:03,720 Every one of our pastors in this church have actually taken this 415 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:06,080 process. We have done done some work here 416 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:09,120 and continue to go back when things come up, when clumps come 417 00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:11,840 up, it's a phone call. I just need to to get some 418 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,400 understanding and some reconciliation in these places. 419 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,520 There's no shame. It's not your fault. 420 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:23,280 It's not your fault. God's word here is, is not here 421 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,280 to bring judgement in these spaces. 422 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:29,960 It's here to highlight, Hey, I have a much better intention for 423 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,440 you. I have hope that I want to 424 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,440 breathe into this space. I have healing that I want to 425 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:37,800 bring. I want you thriving in your in 426 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:40,640 your relationships. And this is the way. 427 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:46,320 So where there's the disconnect, allow him to to transform you. 428 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:52,800 And if you need to go and get some help, Godly disciplines and 429 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:55,560 boundaries. They actually create safety. 430 00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:00,160 We have boundaries because there's safety in there. 431 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:03,600 He's a good God, He's a good father. 432 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,480 When people come to my home, they like bringing their small 433 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,800 children because there are fences they can go and play in 434 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,480 the backyard without harm. They're not going to run on the 435 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:18,920 road because there's boundaries. Godly boundaries are healthy, 436 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:24,520 and everyone who's emotionally healthy lives within boundaries. 437 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:32,200 Godly relationships experience rebuke, intimacy, honesty, real 438 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,080 communication, real conversations. 439 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:42,320 They experience forgiveness, accountability, sexual purity, 440 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:48,280 stewardship, rest, and refreshment all possible when we 441 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:53,640 do things God's way. I want to bring out one last 442 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,000 sift and it's a nicer one, I promise. 443 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:02,600 Let's read in God's word here it says 1 John 416. 444 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:08,840 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his 445 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:13,520 love. God is love and all who live in 446 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:17,080 love, Sorry. All who love live in God, and 447 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:21,840 God lives in them. And John 15-9 reads, I have 448 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:25,200 loved you even as the Father has loved me. 449 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:30,440 Remain in my love. It's one thing to be told you're 450 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:34,080 loved. It's another thing to be able to 451 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:38,200 receive love. I want to address this morning, 452 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:45,680 Are you able to receive love? You've got people who might have 453 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:51,480 walls up. Men, they call it emotionally 454 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:53,720 unavailable. You've got your walls up. 455 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:57,800 Nothing's getting in here. God might say he loves you. 456 00:30:57,800 --> 00:30:58,360 Yeah. Yep. 457 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,560 That's good. How's your relationship with 458 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:01,720 Good? Good. 459 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:02,960 Good. How are you going? 460 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,280 I'm good. How good is that word? 461 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:10,840 Good, Right. You got you got these walls up. 462 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:14,440 Everything surface. Everything's just here. 463 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,440 Nothing's getting in. Oh, I love you. 464 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:17,680 Yeah, Love you. Yep. 465 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:19,040 Good, Good. We're good. 466 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:19,920 Are we good? Yep. 467 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:21,400 Good. It's great. 468 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:24,320 We ladies like to use the word fine. 469 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:26,680 Yeah, we're fine. Great. 470 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:28,600 Yes, fine, fine. I'm fine. 471 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:30,040 Didn't you hear me the first time? 472 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:31,640 I'm fine. Wall up. 473 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,600 Don't come in here. There's a nice, big, clear, 474 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:39,160 definite wall. Or for ladies, it might be the 475 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,960 opposite. Sometimes you're overly needy. 476 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:46,720 You're so needy. Need to constantly be told, 477 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:52,760 constantly reassured, constantly got to check that text message 478 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:56,040 to see if that person's replied yet no 30 seconds later have 479 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:57,840 they replied yet? They must hate me. 480 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,120 No one's liked my post yet they must hate me. 481 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:04,240 Maybe I've done something wrong. Is someone not going to love me 482 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:07,040 now because I said something constant? 483 00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:13,680 You need constant reassurance. Constantly told constant words. 484 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:24,080 I actually have a small beef. All right, I've got to be 485 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,320 careful here because I'm like borderline heresy. 486 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:29,200 I so I have. I know, I know. 487 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:31,160 I've just said this. Now you're all paying attention. 488 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:34,240 Let's catch her out. I want to dug her into the 489 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:38,160 elders. I've run it past John. 490 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:44,240 I have a small beef with a Christianese statement that we 491 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:47,960 say where it's heresy. It is actually kind of from the 492 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:49,920 Word of God. My beef is not with the 493 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:53,240 statement so much, but on the assigned meaning. 494 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:57,280 OK, so when you hear this come from the platform, from any 495 00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:00,200 other pastor, listen, because they've got a very important 496 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:03,400 point to make. But I'm going to ask you to hear 497 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,360 mine for a moment. John, will you come on up here 498 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:11,280 with me? My beef is with our assigned 499 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:16,520 meaning that we give to the words be washed in the word. 500 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:22,880 And I have a beef with it because we assign it meaning and 501 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,440 start treating God's word like a shower. 502 00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:30,720 And so God's word, we're just going to pretend that the 503 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:32,680 pillows are God's word. We're not up here having a 504 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:34,000 pillow fight. It's OK. 505 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:39,920 So just pretend that these pillows here are God's word and 506 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:43,000 he starts throwing them at me. Rachel, I love you. 507 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,920 Keep, don't, just don't destroy my hair. 508 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:52,960 And it's Rachel. I love you. 509 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:56,120 I've died for you. I want to forgive you. 510 00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,600 You are worthy. And these words keep coming at 511 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:03,640 me and at me and at me. But I start treating God's word 512 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:05,320 like a shower. Oh, that's nice. 513 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:06,680 I'll come in. Yeah. 514 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,000 You want to start something here, husband? 515 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:14,719 But they do. They come at you. 516 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:15,960 And actually, Yeah. Go back there. 517 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:20,639 Keep going. His like, I love you, I've died 518 00:34:20,639 --> 00:34:22,440 for you. I want to forgive you. 519 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:25,159 You're worthy. And I'm like, oh, these are nice 520 00:34:25,159 --> 00:34:26,360 words. Keep them coming. 521 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:28,840 Keep them coming. And it's a prophecy. 522 00:34:29,159 --> 00:34:30,880 Oh, another prophetic word. That was nice. 523 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:34,320 Let's come and get another one and another one and another one. 524 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:37,040 And we treat God's word like it's a shower. 525 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:38,440 Yeah. Keep it coming, Lord. 526 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:40,719 Keep it coming. Did you not stay there? 527 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:47,239 It's actually his birthday today. 528 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:58,880 He's doing good. You've got God's word and it's 529 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:03,480 at you. God's Word is not a shower. 530 00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:09,000 Actually, Jesus said I am the bread of life. 531 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:12,360 I am the cup. I am the blood. 532 00:35:12,720 --> 00:35:17,840 You are to partake, ingest, digest, consume. 533 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:21,080 Allow it to transform and get it in you. 534 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:29,400 You've got to throw it at me. You've got to receive. 535 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:33,360 Stop letting it wash on over you. 536 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,720 Thank you, love. You can get off. 537 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:45,520 Stop just listening to God's Word and start to hear it in 538 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:47,640 faith. You've got to reach out and grab 539 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:49,520 it and go. You what? 540 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:51,960 You love me. What is that? 541 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:57,080 What is that? And go home and start digesting 542 00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:02,400 and start eating and start meditating, mulling over His 543 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,160 Word. Lord, I've got to get this in 544 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:06,640 me. I've got to let it transform me. 545 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:10,080 I've got to digest it. I've got to ingest it. 546 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:14,120 Stop treating God's word like a shelver because you will always 547 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:18,000 come up empty. It's not God up here and you 548 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:23,600 down there, It's union with. Allow His words to transform 549 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:27,880 you. He loved the world so much that 550 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:32,040 He gave His only begotten Son. He wants to do life. 551 00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:35,600 He wants to abide. He wants you in him. 552 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:40,800 In him. He wants to do life with you. 553 00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:46,040 We do this all of the time. Forgiveness. 554 00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:48,440 I'm sorry God. I'm sorry God. 555 00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:49,840 I'm sorry God. I'm sorry God. 556 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:53,680 He's like, would you stop being sorry and receive my 557 00:36:53,680 --> 00:37:00,800 forgiveness? We have to receive His words and 558 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:08,920 we do this in faith. We do this in faith. 1 John 419 559 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:15,480 says we love each other because He first loved us. 560 00:37:16,720 --> 00:37:22,360 How we love each other is out of our love for Him and being loved 561 00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:26,240 by Him. Your union with Jesus will 562 00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:29,600 affect how you do every other relationship. 563 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:34,600 If you've got fractures in your relationship, why don't you just 564 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:40,760 come straight back to the heart of Jesus, Straight back to what 565 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:44,120 he says. Allow him to sift you. 566 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:47,000 Allow the fractures to highlight. 567 00:37:47,240 --> 00:37:54,320 Allow him to pour himself in His love, His mercy, his 568 00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:57,280 forgiveness. Would you allow your walls to 569 00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:00,160 come down? Would you allow him to see you 570 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:00,760 this morning?